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Peacock Bookmark
Peacock Bookmark
"Add a bit of cuteness to your books with our Peacock Bookmark. With just a few simple steps you will have this fun bookmark ready to mark your spot in your favorite book! We love to read in our house, each night the kids pick a book to read this causes a shortage of bookmarks in our house! That is why we love bookmark crafts so much! This Peacock Bookmark is colorful and has an easy-to-follow template that you can create and customize your very own peacock bookmark in an afternoon! "
Primary TechniquePaper Crafts
Materials List
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Colored craft papers
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Pencil – to trace patterns
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A pair of scissors
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Sharpie
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Glue stick
Instructions
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Select colored craft or construction paper for the peacock pattern. Trace and cut out the patterns. The template includes a tail feather base, eyed feather patterns, body base, wing, beak, and leg patterns.
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Glue the small teardrop cutouts onto the big teardrop cutouts to make the eye feather pattern.
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Glue the eye feather patterns onto the scalloped border side of the tail feather base.
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Finish gluing the eye feather patterns to the tail feather base.
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Glue the leg cutouts to the bottom side of the body base cutout. Glue the beak cutout onto the middle of the head part cutout.
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Glue one wing to one side of the body base cutout. Make sure the bottom part of the wing is free from glue.
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Glue the remaining wing to the other side of the body base cutout, making sure the bottom part of the wing is free from glue.
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Use a sharpie to draw the eyes of the peacock and trace the wing outlines.
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Glue the peacock body cutout to the tail feather base cutout.
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To use the bookmark, insert a sheet between the wing and the body of the peacock.
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